Aleja — #14095 US girls' name
175 babies named Aleja in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Aleja was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Aleja in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aleja
The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Aleja between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aleja currently holds the #14095 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aleja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aleja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aleja in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aleja in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 175 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aleja at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aleja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2002)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #14095 among girls.
175 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 14 births in a single year.
Aleja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 90 births that decade — 51% of Aleja's all-time total
Aleja decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Aleja's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Aleja by state
Where Aleja concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 175 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.